The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-11
RACES AT LOUISVILLE.
IHE GREAT KENTUCKY DERBY
To BE THE INAUGURAL
Contest OF the Meeting = AllhOus h
Each Candidate Is Admired, Baa-
burg Is the Fav0rite.

LoUItvILLE, KY, May 10 The
spring meeting of Il e Louisville JOCKEY
Club begins here tomorrow at Church
i'll Downs, AID the prospt cts Of foe
meeting and excellent sport are very
! promising. The / ack is Sow today
ont will be in fine COL dition tomorrow
ss the weather promises to be briehi
and pleasant. There will benins start
ers in the event Of the day, The Ken.
tucs y derby. Banburg is a big isvor.
ite, as the pooling shove, brt tn race
see ms very open one, ard no one ID
sure OF the winner. jim Cora has
many sturdy friends, " ho think be will
come first in spite of the fact that his
legs are daily kept In tub Of water
Pendennis worked a mile and halt
today in 2:s0, and with Murphy IN
the tip is out on him. Ed CoITigan Gays
his Clarion will get there, having
gone the derby distance in 2:38. Ban
Yam has strong Southern backing on
account Of bis recent performance, bu,
he is hardly good enough for tbs dis
tance. JscJbin and Montrose and
others have their back era also, and the
betters are tipped" to death on dsai
sure winners by the knowing ONES
Tie majority OF the turfmen say II W Il
be Danborg, with Jacobip gsr Olari ,u
or Jim Gore or Pendennis " y a. .s'S'.5
In 1875 the Kentucky ssiby for
three year old colts and 6lliee, dis
tance one and one half mi'ee, Was in
augu'aied. A success from the fifsi,
1t has yearly grown in prominence and
popularity until now it is by odts thH
most prizsd of all the Western 'uif
events, and II 10 doubtful il the Eset
can point with tuch pride 10 sil gle
racing fix ure. Tomorrow the CREST
event will take place, ar d Louisville
and Kentucky today discuss little else.
The race has never been MOI o open to
specu 'a.icn. Each candidate has
full quota of sduiiers, Though herr
abouts Jim Gore and Ban curs are est
thought OF.
Lucky Baldwin arrived from Cslifor.
MIA last night, Iutt rropa'Pd relative
to his derby caodidstts, Pendennis
and Goliab, Mr.. Baldwin etaied that
before tie string lefs California Pen
dennis was TO his m nd much the
faster OF the two, and in atrial mile
and q half demonstrated hIs, superior.
ity. BE eaid th;t as hehad not vet
seen his trainer, Mr.. McCiel an, be
could not assert whether both horses
would start Wednesday or not He
bad grave doubs ss TO tie ability of
either u his hor,es to beat Bmburg,
whom he thinks gr,aly improved
animal over his two year old form.
ToDAY's EvESTs.
Tbs follow ng is the pooling nj d OF.
tiles in tomoITow's races:
FtrSt Race - -Fve-Nighlhs # mile.
Patton (l05), S65. Dara (l(7), $40;
Pride OF The Great (l05I Sll; Tally |
Ho (lO2), $l2; Zuhland (I02), $40:
Jennie s. (l02), Sl8; White (ll0), $l8;
CAST Steel ll02), $2l; total. Sl65. 4
Second Race ME- and Q quarter.
Bsnnsil (97), $50; Ira E. Brice (lO2), |
-; Fostersl (ll9), sl0i Big Three
,l08) "a; Montana Reseat Il 81, sos;
tctsl. $94.
Third Race The Kentucky der y.
Nile anda half; Panbure.( (ll6), $1,000,
blsla ok; PeDdsnnis QlS), $500, Mut-
aShy trS,s 0sFTs F1S, !Ins l w,'A. 80 ArnSld Arnold
.ll8), $3.50, Lewis; Ban Yam (llS),
Sl5O, Godfrey; Poteen QlS), s45, L.
ZONES; St Valentine (llS), $20. Sher-
dan; Jim Cora (llS), 1850, Fitzpat-
rick. To'al, 1926. ~
Fourth Rdce,- Mile hest-. Brookful
,ll3), $25; Bertha @ (S7). $40; Pat
Donovan 1922, $l3; EnChanlrets 1927,
f25. Totsl, $73. s.